I'm thinking of buying a laptop for myself and I don't know a thing about what to look for as far as features go. I'm not looking for the latest and greatest just somthing that I can use to draw with autocad. My price range is about $500 to $750. Reliability is more inportant than cool features.

Any help is greatly appreaciated

Thanks, John.

Roach

September 20th, 2008, 12:18 PM

Stay away from Dell.

Suckerpunch

September 20th, 2008, 12:52 PM

my brother in law bought a Gateway for around that price. its nice. I use a Toshiba satellite notebook and love it ($900ish).

Branstetter

September 20th, 2008, 01:50 PM

Dell bad? Gateway gooder?

Any other thoughts?

Jonnyjeeper

September 20th, 2008, 02:23 PM

Stay away from Dell.

y? I disagree. I have a 4+ year old dell that runs like a champ still!

Dennis

September 20th, 2008, 02:23 PM

Stay away from Dell.

what's wrong with Dell?

kairo

September 20th, 2008, 03:00 PM

The Dell XPS series laptops are awesome

Suckerpunch

September 20th, 2008, 03:12 PM

DUDE, looks like you are getting a dell... LOL! i know im stupid. couldent resist...

Roach

September 20th, 2008, 05:15 PM

There is a very big difference in a $700 Dell laptop and a Dell XPS.

Every cheap dell product I have come in contact with led to problems and little or no warranty support

Brizzman

September 21st, 2008, 07:10 PM

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop I bought for $550. I had to get more RAM for it because Vista is a RAM whore ($50 for a 2GB stick), but for $600 I am totally happy with it.:D It's only 10 months old so far, but no problems.

I got a Toshiba because the old Satellite I used at work worked great for 6 years with a bunch of guys treating it like a red headed step child.:eek: It still worked when our IT guy decided to "upgrade" it. :sick::censor: